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FAQs
What is Heifer Nepal?
Heifer Nepal works as a country office of Heifer International. Heifer International is a non-profit, humanitarian organization dedicated to ending world hunger and saving the earth by providing livestock, trees, training and other resources to help poor families around the globe become self-reliant.
Since it began in 1944, Heifer has worked directly with 12 million families in more than 125 countries and in 38 U.S. states.
Animals from Heifer provide milk, eggs, plowing power and other benefits that for families across the planet can mean improved nutrition, education for children, health care, improved housing and literally a new way of life.
What makes Heifer unique is the practice known as “Passing on the Gifts.” Families receiving animals agree to pass on the first offspring – or an appropriate equivalent to another family in need, starting a chain of giving that often touches thousands of lives.
But Heifer International’s most striking qualities are its simplicity and effectiveness. In short, Heifer’s common sense approach to sustainable development works – one family at a time.
How did Heifer Nepal start?
Heifer’s association to Nepal can be traced back to 1957 and 1958, when the government requested specific breeds of cattle, pigs, poultry, and sheep in order to introduce high-yielding livestock into the native animal population.
In 1993 Heifer’s first project in Nepal was a goat-raising project in Gitanagar, Chitwan for a group of 25 women followed by a buffalo project in Sunkhani, Nuwakot in 1995. As a result of the strong impact of the two initial projects, Heifer Nepal was established as a country office in 1997. Since then, Heifer Nepal has served 46,000 families through support of livestock, agricultural inputs and training.
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How does Heifer International work in Nepal?
Heifer Nepal’s experience in working with communities to end poverty and hunger and care for the Earth has resulted in valuable lessons learned in the form of the Values-Based Holistic Community Development (VBHCD) approach to the Heifer development model.
Using livestock and technical trainings as tools for poverty alleviation, the VBHCD model allows Heifer to reach a community and form a relationship, after which Heifer can work as a catalyst for holistic transformation, according to the community’s vision for itself.
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What are "Heifer cornerstones"?
Heifer’s 12 Cornerstones are a collage of values that leads the way to spiritual and sustainable way of life. In a sense, it reiterates the societal values and norms inherent in every community. The set of 12 essential principles that guides Heifer's work is referred to as the Heifer’s Cornerstones for Just and Sustainable Development, or more simply "the Cornerstones." Together, they form the acronym PASSING on the GIFTS, representing the quintessential Cornerstone and trademark practice that makes Heifer unique and its projects sustainable.
It ability to relate to all issues related to resource poor communities and the challenges faced by them makes the Cornerstones the ideal tool.
P Passing on the Gift
A Accountability
S Sharing and Caring
S Sustainability and Self-Reliance
I Improved Animal Management
N Nutrition and Income
G Gender and Family Focus
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G Genuine Need and Justice
I Improving the Environment
F Full Participation
T Training and Education
S Spirituality
What do you mean by "Passing on the Gifts"?
The first cornerstone Passing on the Gifts is a unique and integral practice of Heifer for ensuring sustainability in communities. Under this cornerstone, each community member who receives gifts of livestock and other agricultural products agrees to pass on one of the offspring (or equivalent) to another community member in need. This creates a ripple effect, transforming whole communities. In passing on the gifts to others in need, the community members attain a great sense of dignity. The knowledge that they are giving something to others enhances their self-esteem. And the receiving families in turn feel a deep sense of gratitude. While passing on their animals’ offspring, they also pass on their knowledge, resources and skills, thus strengthening community spirit. This cornerstone sows seeds of hope, prosperity and self-reliance among communities. It makes them realize their own potential and feel accountable for the development of self and community.
How many projects are implemented by Heifer Nepal and where?
Heifer Nepal with its 100 partner NGO’s is currently implementing 26 umbrella projects with multiple sub-projects in 38 districts if Nepal.
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How can I be a Project Partner of Heifer Nepal?
Through these years, Heifer Nepal has developed a distinct way of selecting project partners (NGOs) and developing its projects. Prior to partner selection, Heifer Nepal conducts series of field-visits, meeting and training sessions where Heifer Nepal gets an opportunity to gauge the NGO's capacity and know about each other. Once the project partners get selected, projects are jointly planned by the project groups, project partners and Heifer Nepal which makes the planning process truly bottom-up and participatory.
How does Heifer International receive funds for its programs?
Heifer receives more than 60 percent of its grant through individuals and the rest from business and organizations, congregations, educational programs, government, grants and others. Individuals and groups who want to share their resources in ending hunger and poverty can be Heifer's donors. Heifer Nepal's programs are entirely funded by Heifer International.
How are families or groups selected for support?
Heifer believes that the communities it works with have unlimited potential and that proper nurturing and guidance will unravel this potential. Heifer looks forward to working with communities that have the conviction to change their future for the better.
Where are Heifer's offices located in the country?
Heifer Nepal has four regional offices at Chitwan, Pokhara, Nepalgunj and Janakpur.
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Years of experience of working with communities has taught Heifer some valued lessons.
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